Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky was born on the 11th of November 1821 in Moscow, Russian Empire, and passed away on the 9th of February 1881.
Do you know that initially, Dostoyevsky had studied to become a military engineer, but decided to become a writer upon graduating?
A Russian novelist, Dostoyevsky was a philosopher and writer who dealt with the subject of human psychology in the political, social and economic atmosphere of a very troubled 19th century Russia. Some of his renowned works include ‘Crime and Punishment’, ‘The Idiot’ and ‘The Brothers Karamazov’.
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